an economy that they don t have a lot of confidence in. take a look at the dow. down 409 points. we get into the final hour of trading. these numbers that you re looking at on the screen right now, you re plus 14 and plus 19 in favor of republicans when asked which party is better at handling the issues of the economy and inflation. that is a big indicator right there. we re still several months away. that s where americans are and that s a washington post poll that those numbers come from. how about these numbers? 94%, pretty much the entire country says yes, i m either concerned or upset about inflation and where it s going. with that, we bring in karl rove. the former deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush and mark penn here with us. great to have you with us today. i want to kick it off by showing this moment from the white house correspondent s dinner. peter doocy is asking this question. we ll dip over here and listen to that and be right back. why isn t
hitler s forces killed in two years of attacks on that port city. the toll estimated at 20,000 people so far. elsewhere a wave of fresh attacks, deadly assaults/cross ukraine and russia is said to be reinforcing its firepower in the east. all of that was the backdrop for house speaker nancy pelosi who became the highest ranking american official to meet with president zelenskyy since the war began. let s get you right now to sara sidner on the ground in kyiv. sara, thanks for being with us. such a dramatic situation in mariupol. what is the status of that ceasefire and what can you tell us? reporter: look, we now know there are dozens of people who have been set free. this is a really important moment because, as you know, for weeks you have had people there they needed food, they needed wa water, and they were dealing with devastation as that part of the country here in ukraine has been bombarded for weeks. weep should also mention there are also other issues going on. of
team in trump s white house, and now dr. deborah birx is here with a new book to reveal what she was really thinking at the time, as well as offering her take on the covid response by the current white house. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead and a warning from the top u.s. general that the entire international security order is at stake because of russia s war on ukraine. joint chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley making this declaration during an exclusive cnn interview with jim sciutto earlier today. if this is left to stand, if there is no answer to this aggression, if russia gets away with this cost-free, then so goes the so-called international order. if that happens, then we re heading into an era of seriously increased instability. general milley also confirming one of the u.s. goals in this conflict is to weaken russia. echoing comments made by the u.s. defense secretary just yesterday. it s a goal u.s. officials had pre
nearly 5 million people have been forced to flee to neighboring countries. good afternoon. i m garrett haake in washington, in for hallie jackson. nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley is in kyiv. also with us nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube. and we re joined by retired army brigadier general peter zwack, who served as senior defense attache to russia. and matt, i want to get started with you. you re in kyiv. we ve got this new russian offensive really lighting up the east of ukraine while they re still trying to hold on to mariupol in the south. bring us up to speed on everything going on on the ground there. reporter: yeah, garrett, i mean, i don t know if we would call it lighting up the east. so far we ve heard from the ukrainians that the massive offensive that has been much anticipated for weeks and weeks has started in the east in the donbas region. remember, garrett, this is a region that s been at war for the past eight years. so what looks like
jansing reports. the scene outside the georgia jail, so much happening already today, that of course where donald trump will surrender just a few hours from now. the sheriff promising no special treatment, arrested, booked, finger printed, height and weight noted with a new lawyer ready to fight charges that he tried to overturn the election. plus, the fulton county d.a. reveals the date she wants for trial as a parade of trump codefendants continue to turn themselves in. and new developments with two big names charged in the case. mark meadows and jeffrey clark losing their bids to avoid arrest with their bonds now set at $100,000. and the elephant not in the room, how eight republican candidates responded when asked would they support trump as the nominee if he s convicted. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the breaking news from the d.a. s office about a proposed trial date for donald trump and his codefendants. vaughn hi